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Answer: C. Eye Idol

This “eye idol” comes from the Tell Brak region of northeastern Syria, where thousands of similar figurines have been discovered in a monumental building now known as the “Eye Temple.” The lavish interior of the Eye Temple featured an altar decorated with colorful stones, silver nails and gold foil. Multi-colored mosaics covered the walls and floor.

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Footnotes

See Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, “The Geography of Faith,” Bible Review, December 1996.

See Dan Bahat, “Does the Holy Sepulchre Church Mark the Burial of Jesus?” BAR, May/June 1986.